Rafael Salazar Motos, better known as the Calderas de Salamanca was a singer (cantaor) of copla and flamenco.
He began his career around the age of ten singing in the bars of Salamanca's Chinatown, accompanied by his younger brother, Rafael Farina.
[5] He became known in Madrid while acting in Los Gabrieles in 1949, in the tribute or to Juanito Mojama, at the Alcalá Cinema.
He was then hired in Concha Piquer's company, which led him traveling for a year in Spain and then to various countries in America.
He appeared in the inaugural group of the Madrid tablao Las Brujas, in 1960, where he performed on the same stage in 1961, 1964, 1965 and 1966.